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3 im JOHN H. HODGES, Prop’r. DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE $1.50 VOL. LIII. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1923. oQbaQQaaattQQOQDaanoaaDaMiiiaaBoooDooEiaaaoDaoaii m IS APPROVED exporters reach agreement WITH THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE BECOMES EFFECTIVE AUG. 1 Secretary Agreed To Practice Of Tran sition For A Period To Facilitate Compliance With Law Washington.—Agreement was reach ed recently between a group of lead ing cotton exporters and the secre tary of agriculture on au arrangement for conducting the cotton exporl trade under the new cotton standards act which becomes effective August 1, requiring use of the official cotton Standards of the United States in all transactions based on standards in Interstate and foreign and commerce. The exporters, representing the larg er cotton exchanges of the country, unanimously approved the desirabil ity of world-wide agreement upon uni form cotton standards and endorsed the present official standards satis factory to the American cotton trade. The cotton exporters had left some ■uneasiness over the requirement ol the' new act and Secretary Wallace Invited them to Washington. Because a large part of the American export business has been based on Liver- • pool and other foreign standards of classification, somewhat different In meaning and terminology from the official cotton standards of the United States, many foreign buyers are not thoroughly familiar with the Ameri can standards, and it was pointed out by the American exporters that these buyers must be informed as to their meaning and application. Secretary Wallace agreed to the practice for a reasonable period of transition, not beyond the coming crop year, in order to facilitate compliance -with the new law, assuming that the Liverpool and other foreign associa tions would promptly agree upon uni versal standards. A group of cotton men from Liver pool and Manchester are expected here within a week to present their views of the new law, having request ed a hearing by cable. It is expected that soon after English representa tives have been heard regulations for enforcement of the new law will be approved by Secretary Wallace. Among exchanges represented at the recent conference were those at Memphis, Houston, New York, At lanta, New Orleans, Savannah, and Dallas. ;--!w FINANCIAL GROUP OFFERS TO BUY NATIONS MER- CHANT FLEET FINANCIERS AREOFHIGH RANK Envoys Of Bidders Offer To Post Mil lion Dollar Guarantee—Twenty Bids Received Washington.—A definite but informal offer to purchase the entire active por tion of the government merchant fleet has been received by the shipping board in the form of a single bid. The proposal was delivered to members of the board by a representative of a group of financial interests whose iden tity was not disclosed. The envoy of the bidders offered to post a bond of a million dollars as a guarantee of sin cerity. The aggregate amount sug gested in the proposal was said to be in the neighborhood of one billion dol lars. Persons close to the board declared that the financial standing of those com prising the group was of the highest type. Submission of the proposal became known after announcement had been made that the board had received twenty bids in response to an invita tion for bids for sale of its fleet. Chair man Lasker said only four or five of the offers presented possibilities, al though four others were in the “twi light” zone. It has not been disclosed whether the offer for the entire active fleet was among those referred to by Mr. Lasker as worthy of consideration. Grade Fertilizers POLICE BENT IN THEIR DETERM- INAYiON TO LAND BURGLARS. TEN NEGROES ARE JAILED STATE NEWS OF INTEREST Brief News Items Gathered Here Anc’. There From All Sections Of The State Oklahoma City, Okla., Is Engulfed Oklahoma City, Okla. — Oklahoma City is in the grip of one of the worat floods in its history. Water covers miles of lowlands along the torturous course of the stream through the southern section of the city. Packing- town, source of the city’s meat supply, is completely isolated. More than one thousand persons are homeless. These are being cared for by city officials and relief organizations. The city aud- torium is converted into a barracks for the flood refugees. Seven hun dred cots and blankets are being placed in the auditorium by order of Adjt. Gen. S. T. Markham, who ordered out a small detachment of National Guards men. Property damage, it is believed, will run into hundreds of thousands of dollars. Two Die When Train Strikes Auto Reidsvillo, N. C.—James Pillow, aged 14 years, and his sister, Birdie Pillow, of this section, were killed; John Pillowy the father, so critically injured that he may die, and his fath er, I. C. Pillow, probably fatally in jured, while Mrs. Thomas Mitchell, aged 23, was seriously hurt when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by Southern railway pas senger train No.' 35 just outside of Keidsville. Strike Movement Spreads In Ruhr Essen, Germany.—The strike move ment is spreading throughout the Ruhr and fresh walkouts among the metal workers and miners are reported in nearby unoccupied territory. A general Btrike called at Hamborn is affecting the iron works there belonging to the Stinnes interests. Communist - mani- Ifestants at Wanne became so threat ening that the Frenpls intervened for. the 'first time as a result of which the demonstrations collapsed. The sit uation in many sections is considered critical. Prohibition Decreed In Indian Province Delhi, East India.—Pier highness, the begum of Phophel,' has decreed com plete prohibition in her Indian state. Local option has accepted prohibition In some quarters, while the Bombay supply of liquor to retail shops has been reduced to 10 per cent prelimi nary to eventurT prohibition. European residents will be hardest hit by the Indian dry wave, which follows Pussy foot Johnson’s visit. Natives are ab- ilainers under their Moslem vows. Ford Is Assailed By Jewish Body Atlantic City, N. J.~After an excit ing scene in which the name of Henry Ford was hissed and hooted, delegates attending the annual session of the In dependent Order B’Rith Abraham, adopted a resolution criticising him for his alleged attateks on Jews of the nation, assailing his presidential aspirations and accused him of being the financial backer of the Ku Ivlux Klan. The measure was passed with out a dissenting vote after speakers sponsoring it had been vociferously sheered. Friedlander • Tax Case Not Reviewed Washington.—The constitutionalitj of the property laws of Georgia, as in terpreted by the city of Moultrie, will hot be reviewed by the Supreme court in a case brought by Frjendlander Brothers. The law was attacked on the ground that the property tax im posed by Moultrie was excessive, and amounted to confiscation, and that the property owners were given no oppor tunity to challenge the assessment be fore it was made final. The case has been a most interesting one and has attracted much attention. Atlanta.—Ten negroes are in jail in connection with the murder of Evans B. Morgan,. Atlanta police officer, the neivs of whose killing was widely pub lished. Officers are still working on clues which they have followed without pause for sleep since the hour of the killing and seemed to indicate that Officer Morgan had been shot to death. by the leader of a ring of thieves just J as he had broken in upon the storage place of their loot. I Circumstances were said by polica to point strangly to Caleb Lockhart negro proprietor of the grocery stord at Chapel and Holland streets, where the murder occurred, and to Eld Hig gins, negro burglary suspect, as being directly implicated in the crime. Shermaq Lewis, alias Sam Peterson, was also under suspicion because ol a bullet wound through his hand which police say he could not explain satisfactorily. The fugitive slayer was followed in his flight from the scene of the murder by a volley of bullets fired by Patrolman Ernest Chapman, Morgan’s partner. It was thought probable .that one of the bullets had taken effect. Lockhart, the negro in whose store the officer was killed, was one of the first to be arrested. The officer* found in the rear of Lockhart’s store, they state, a quantity of lard, chew ing tobacco and other articles that had been stolen from a grocery store. Ed Higgins, the second negro to be jailed by the officers, la suspected of being the one who entered the store and home, and of taking his loot to Lockhart's store to be disposed of. The officers are puzzled as to whether Lockhart himself was trying to move the stolen goods from the yard Into the rear of his store and shot Officer Morgan as the latter interfered with his plans, or whether it was Higgins who was placing the goods in the store. Sherman Lewis, alias Sam Peterson, another negro, was also arrested. Six other negroes held by the police are John Gunn, T. J. Jackson, Green Murphy, Hamp Brooks, Hattie Mae Lockhart, and Fannie Lockhart. Fan nie Lockhart was released by the de tectives, after being grilled. The murder of Patrolman Morgan brought to light one of the most dar ing burglaries yet to be" committed by a negro—that in which the store of Harry Bernar was looted of groceries and tobaccos, some of which was later found, according to detectives, in the rear of the store where Officer Mor gan was shot. We are On the Job from January January, twelve months each year. You can buy One Sack or A Hundred Tons, or More, any day in the and get prompt delivery. Our Customers get this kind [of Service without any Extra Cost. | “ITS WHAT’S IN THE SACK | THAT COUNTS.” | HEARD BROTHERS. g Manufacturers of High Grade Fertilizers. | MACON, - GEORGIA. aaaaaaacanaaannaaaaacaaacaaaia Jusserand Lauds Ideals Or Lincoln New York.—The United States af ter -the Civil war was “ready for a more brilliant destiny than it had eve- known before,” because it was unit ed and strengthened and undersfooo br'-fer from the example of Abraham Lincoln, “as the great war showed in our day, the value of disinterested courage and generosity,” Jules Jussej- and, ambassador of France, declarer in an address at the 1 unveiling of $ bust of the martyred president in the New York University hall of fame, re cently. Fifteen. Million For Electrification Roanoke, Va.—In order to increase its traffic capacity and to secure im portant operating economics, the Vir ginian railway has decided to electrify 213 miles of its track lying' between Roanoke, Va.. and Mullens, W. Va. This undertaking will involve" the expendi ture of $15,000,000. The order for the electric locomotives, power house, the transformer stations and other appara tus has been awarded to the Westing- house Electric and Mauufacturnig com pany and forms the largest railroad electrification contract ever placed. 12 Inches Longer Than Regular r ront Spring and so Constructed that It Ab sorbs the Shocks asfno Other Device can Do. It’s Guaranteed Not to Break. Price $9.00 Put on Your Ford. PERRY, - va/!. HEADQUARTERS Immigration Laws Quoted At Meeting Lausanne. — The members of the }Near East conference are agitated over the auestion whether Turkey will swing open her doors to immigration or shut /them tightly. This concern is caused by Turkey’s interjection of the immi gration question into the discussion of the status of foreigners in Turkey. The United states immigraion lav/s were freely quoted in the debate with re spect to the residence of foreigners in Turkey and the conditions of their en try. The allies wanted them to estab lish themselves in Turkey. Prompt Service. E. F. BARFIELD & t o. PERRY, GA. We are carrying a complete stock of Arsenate of Lead and Atomic Sulphur as well as Bushel Bas kets ana Picking Baskets. These goods are car ried in stock and we shall; be glad to have your or ders for delivery later or for immediate acceptance. Perry Ward^use C<?v ■ ti PMB,